State trend · KS
PERM PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ Filing Trends in Kansas
PERM PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ (green-card) labor-certification filing volume and median offered wage for worksites in Kansas, by U.S. fiscal year. Aggregate counts from public DOL records.
- Total PERM PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ Filings
- 7,184
- Employers (2026)
- 177
- Median Wage (2026)
- $60,798
Filing volume by fiscal year
Median offered wage by fiscal year
Top sponsors by volume
Ranked by number of Kansas-worksite PERM PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filings on record. A factual count of public filings — no rating or score is implied.
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1. Garmin International Inc. 316 PERM
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2. Dobski Associates, Inc. 215 PERM
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3. SAICON CONSULTANTS INC 188 PERM
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4. University of Kansas 173 PERM
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5. KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY 159 PERM
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6. BLACK VEATCH CORPORATION 149 PERM
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7. MT Dobski, LLC 146 PERM
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8. WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY 138 PERM
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9. OBJECT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS INC 135 PERM
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10. SPRINT CORPORATION 131 PERM
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11. RESER'S FINE FOODS, INC 105 PERM
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12. THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER 94 PERM
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13. Redbarn Pet Products, LLC 83 PERM
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14. KD Family Management, LLC 81 PERM
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15. SYRACUSE DAIRY, LLC 80 PERM
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16. ZENINFOTECH, LLC 73 PERM
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17. SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION 69 PERM
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18. Infosoft, Inc. 68 PERM
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19. The Savage Group, LLC 68 PERM
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20. GBW, LLC 66 PERM
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